All a San Antonio dad was trying to do was take a toy Santa brought for a test run. Instead he's running around all over Facebook.

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MySA caught up with the runway dad, Trez Scipio, who is the star of a hilarious video that's racked up more than 9 million views, 40,000 likes and 200,000 shares since Monday morning.

Scipio, father of Logan and Quin, was testing Santa's surprise — a go-kart attachment for a hoverboard — in the wee hours of Christmas Eve.

Thankfully, his wife, Kristie Scipio, had the camera rolling and her mother's intuition must have told her something bad was about to happen. She can be heard saying "This is a disaster" and "I'm really not waking the kids up to go to the E.R." before Trez, atop the hoverboard, slammed into a wall before being dragged backwards into the Christmas tree.

Though the mishap disrupted the otherwise silent night, the kids were not awakened by the thud and laughing. It could have been the parents' little secret, but then Kristie shared it on Facebook.

"'Santa' trying out the hoverboard go cart...warning -- you will pee yourself,'" she said in her post.

Strangers responded, saying they've done the same thing. Trez said no dads — or their egos — were hurt in the making of the video.

"I've spent 26 years in the military, you learn how to take bumps and bruises," he said. "I just always want to make people laugh."

The Scipios took the hoverboard outside the next morning, with the attachment, without incident. Dad said Logan has been riding the toy nonstop since Christmas.